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Pottery Sherd
Record Details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
125
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Pottery Sherds
Chicago Orange
7
Guitara Incised
1
Joventud Red
33
Sierra Red
2
Total sherds
43
Mollusca
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
125
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Counts
Number of Nephronaias
2
Total MNI
2
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
125
Square
H
LD number
6235
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Not altered
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
6
Platform characteristic
Platform not diagnostic of a flake from a biface
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Absent
Length (mm)
29.00
Width (mm)
17.00
Thickness (mm)
4.00
Itemized Debitage
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
125
Square
H
LD number
6234
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Flake fragment
Raw material
Northern Belizean chert (Colha)
Condition
Burned
Cortex
Absent
Number of dorsal scars
5
Platform characteristic
Not observable
Polish
Absent
Striations
Not visible
Edgewear
Non-diagnostic
Length (mm)
29.00
Width (mm)
28.00
Thickness (mm)
4.00
Domicile
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
125
Construction phase
7
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
0484
Comments
Construction Phase 7
Ceramic Petrography
Operation
1
Zone(s)
125
Deposit type
pit
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic type
Sapote Striated
Shape
Unknown
Maximum thickness (cm)
0.50
Munsell slip color
7.5Y 6/4
Munsell paste color
7.5YR 4/6
Aplastic inclusions
Calcite, oxides, quartz, micrite, mudstone
Aplastic spacing
Very close
Aplastic shape
Subround
Aplastic sorting
Moderate
Aplastic boundaries
Merging with b-fabric
Void pattern
Parallel
B-Fabric
Micritic
Aplastics in B-Fabric (below 0.05 mm)
Diffusing calcite, oxides
Calcite (%)
.49
Grog (%)
0
Quartz (%)
0
Micrite (%)
0
Oxide (%)
0
Other (%)
0
Voids (%)
.02
Paste (%)
.49
